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Five European nations are to submit today in the Uruguay Round of trade talks a proposal calling for

The ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are bracing for more strikes as Dutch labor unions intensify th

Orient Overseas Container Line is adding the Port of Baltimore to its U.S.-Europe service and is swi

The world's second-largest containerport is getting its third regulatory chief in as many years.

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Grain shippers are up in arms over an Interstate Commerce Commission proposal to scrap its rules gov

Trucking giant Roadway Express Inc. has no plans to pull out of the rate bureaus that help set freig

The largest union at Northwest Airlines says it is hastening labor-contract talks to help prepare th

Sept. 18, 1991 Copper Total, 29,346. Gold Total, .1,340,185.Silver Total, .26

North Atlantic shipping lines canceled an unpopular plan for a surcharge on U.S. inland container mo

The Military Sealift Command has chartered four barge-carrying ships that will be used as supply dep

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If Canada's economy were in a foot race with the United States, it would have stumbled out of the st

France's 1992 budget will forecast gross domestic product growth of 2.2 percent next year, up from a

The Canadian government repeated its opposition to a new agreement on lumber trade with the United S

Two men drew the biggest hallway crowds at the latest meeting of the Soviet Congress. One was Presid

Labor judges Wednesday failed to mediate an end to the Brazilian oil workers' strike, now in its sev

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Many U.S. chemical companies, seeking to remain competitive in the international arena,are scramblin

Anyone who wants to make a financial killing overnight should stay out of Hungary. Hungary's

Shippers and agents say Suez traffic has bounced back following the liberation of Kuwait. "O

The situation that faced William E. Haggett last May 17 was straight out of Business Ethics 101. And

Empremar SA and Mediterranean Shipping Co. announced details of their new vessel-sharing service bet

Sept. 18, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

An item in the column headlined "People - Insurance" on Page 11A in The Journal of Commerce of Tuesd

Unions representing dockworkers at key Brazilian ports, including Rio de Janeiro, will strike for an

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. said it sold for $41 million and will charter back the vessel Neptune Garn

Butter leads the list of U.S. surplus commodities in government inventory that could be available fo

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Safmarine and Rennies Holdings Ltd., the diversified South African shipping group, said its group pr

The United States persuaded Japan to drop a plan to create a government- funded company to produce t

Private Fleet Management Institute, two-day seminar, Sept. 19-20. Sheraton Airport Hotel, Atlanta. C

Consolidated Freightways Inc. informed financial analysts Wednesday that it anticipates a loss of 45

Standard & Poor's Corp. is taking a closer look at the quality of U.S. life insurance investments, a

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 18, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

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U.S. companies eager to participate in the reconstruction and recovery of Kuwait, and to establish a

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB TO WITHDRAW DRUGEVANSVILLE, Ind. - A heart drug linked to startling dea

Sept. 18, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

Reports of an emerging compromise on the controversial issue of making rate- discount contracts betw